1. Planning Passages
(Mariners Education/Navigation)

... prevented the accident. The practice of voyage planning has evolved from penciling lines on nautical charts to a process of risk management. Poor passage planning and deviation from the plan can lead ...

2. Navigational History
(Mariners Education/Navigation)

... later reported in Strabo's Geography, the monsoon wind system of the Indian Ocean was first sailed by Eudoxus of Cyzicus in 118 or 116 BC. Nautical charts and textual descriptions known as sailing directions ...

3. Marine Navigation
(Mariners Education/Navigation)

... when an Electronic Charts Display and Information System (ECDIS) is the primary plotting method will vary with the type of system. An ECDIS allows the display of the ship’s heading projected out to some ...